Ancient Sparta

Author : T. S. Chaudhry
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782797494

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The Queen of Sparta by T. S. Chaudhry Pdf

Xerxes, the Great King of Persia invades Greece in 480 B.C. at the head of a massive army. Three hundred Spartans and King Leonidas die heroically blocking the Persian advance at the pass of Thermopylae. The Persians are poised to conquer all of Greece. The only one standing in their way is a woman – Gorgo, Queen of Sparta. Though history has relegated her role to that of a bystander, what if she played a central role in the Greek resistance to the Persian invasion. What if she kept her true role a secret in order to play it more effectively? What if she was hiding other secrets too – dark secrets of murder and vengeance? What if the only person who truly appreciated her genius was an enemy prisoner whom she has vowed to kill? What if after their victory, the Greeks started to turn on each other? What if, eventually, Gorgo had to choose between the security of Sparta and safety of her son? And what if the only one who could find a way out is the same prisoner who had once fought against the Spartans?

Author : K. M. T. Chrimes,Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes Atkinson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 0719057418

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Ancient Sparta by K. M. T. Chrimes,Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes Atkinson Pdf

This substantial study examines Hellenistic and Roman Sparta, based on epigraphical evidence, before tracing Sparta's constitutiona and social organisation back to its remote past.

Author : Nigel M. Kennell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444360530

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Spartans by Nigel M. Kennell Pdf

Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan history Applies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a Spartan Takes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewhere Places Spartan society into its wider Greek context

Author : Terrence A. Boring
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004327719

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Literacy in Ancient Sparta by Terrence A. Boring Pdf

Author : Pete DiPrimio
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612283517

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Ancient Sparta by Pete DiPrimio Pdf

Ancient Sparta had some secrets. Are you ready to hear them? For instance, a Spartan leader named Lycurgus was the Spartan George Washington. Yet he told a lie and preserved the most formidable fighting power of the ancient world. The last thing people wanted to see were Spartan warriors combing their long hair. Why? Because war was about to break out, and it would be nasty. Sparta scrapped gold and silver for iron bars that nobody wanted, and became rich in what mattered most. Spartan boys learned to steal and spy. They only got in trouble if they got caught, which is why only in Sparta would a boy let a stolen fox chew through his stomach rather than cry out.

Author : Robert Montgomerie
Publisher : Markoulakis Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Helots
ISBN : 0955747414

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Helot: A Story of Ancient Sparta by Robert Montgomerie Pdf

Author : Nigel M. Kennell
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0807862452

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The Gymnasium of Virtue by Nigel M. Kennell Pdf

The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs not found elsewhere in Greece. He argues instead that later political and cultural movements made the system appear to be more distinctive than it actually had been, as a means of asserting Sparta's claim to be a unique society. Using epigraphical, literary, and archaeological evidence, Kennell describes the development of all aspects of Spartan education, including the age-grade system and physical contests that were integral to the system. He shows that Spartan education reached its apogee in the early Roman Empire, when Spartans sought to distinguish themselves from other Greeks. He attributes many of the changes instituted later in the period to one person--the philosopher Sphaerus the Borysthenite, who was an adviser to the revolutionary king Cleomenes III in the third century B.C.

Author : Anton Powell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317391388

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Athens and Sparta by Anton Powell Pdf

Athens and Sparta is an essential textbook for the study of Greek history. Providing a comprehensive account of the two key Greek powers in the years after 478 BC, it charts the rise of Athens from city-state to empire after the devastation of the Persian Wars, and the increasing tensions with their rivals, Sparta, culminating in the Peloponnesian Wars. As well as the political history of the period, it also offers an insight into the radically different political systems of these two superpowers, and explores aspects of social history such as Athenian democracy, life in Sparta, and the lives of Athenian women. More than this though, it encourages students to develop their critical skills, guiding them in how to think about history, demonstrating in a lucid way the techniques used in interpreting the ancient sources. In this new third edition, Anton Powell includes discussion of the latest scholarship on this crucial period in Greek history. Its bibliography has been renewed, and for the first time it includes numerous photographs of Greek sites and archaeological objects discussed in the text. Written in an accessible style and covering the key events of the period – the rise to power of Athens, the unusual Spartan state, and their rivalry and eventual clash in all out war – this is an invaluable tool for students of the history of Greece in the fifth century BC.

Author : Paul Anthony Rahe
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300224610

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The Spartan Regime by Paul Anthony Rahe Pdf

“[A] monumental history . . . explaining . . . how Sparta’s early strategic role in the Greek world was inseparable from the uniqueness of its origins and values.” (David Hanson, The Hoover Institution, author of The Other Greeks) For centuries, ancient Sparta has been glorified in song, fiction, and popular art. Yet the true nature of a civilization described as a combination of democracy and oligarchy by Aristotle, considered an ideal of liberty in the ages of Machiavelli and Rousseau, and viewed as a forerunner of the modern totalitarian state by many twentieth-century scholars has long remained a mystery. In a bold new approach to historical study, noted historian Paul Rahe attempts to unravel the Spartan riddle by deploying the regime-oriented political science of the ancient Greeks, pioneered by Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, and Polybius, in order to provide a more coherent picture of government, art, culture, and daily life in Lacedaemon than has previously appeared in print, and to explore the grand strategy the Spartans devised before the arrival of the Persians in the Aegean. “Persuasive.” —Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review “Rahe thinks and writes big. . . . The Spartan Regime breaks important new ground.” —Jacob Howland, Commentary “An important new history. . . . The story of this ancient clash of civilizations, masterfully told by Paul Rahe . . . provides a timely reminder about strategic challenges and choices confronting the United States.” —John Maurer, Claremont Review of Books “Rahe’s ability to reveal the human side beneath [an] austere exterior is one of many reasons to read this beautifully written, meticulously researched, and deeply engaging book.” —Waller R. Newell, Washington Free Beacon “A serious scholarly endeavor.” —Eric W. Robinson, American Historical Review

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199880997

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Spartan Women by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, covering over a thousand years in the history of women from both the elite and lower classes. Classicist Sarah B. Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the world of these elusive though much noticed females. Sparta has always posed a challenge to ancient historians because information about the society is relatively scarce. Most existing scholarship on Sparta concerns the military history of the city and its heavily male-dominated social structure--almost as if there were no women in Sparta. Yet perhaps the most famous of mythic Greek women, Menelaus' wife Helen, the cause of the Trojan War, was herself a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women reconstructs the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Proceeding through the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, Spartan Women includes discussions of education, family life, reproduction, religion, and athletics.

Author : J. T. Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Sparta (Extinct city)
ISBN : UVA:X006143488

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The Ancient Spartans by J. T. Hooker Pdf

The ideal of Sparta - the devotion of citizens to a well-ordered state - became a legend which has survived for over 2,000 years. J. T. Hooker begins by describing the landscape, the cults and cult-places and the development of Sparta during the Bronze Age. Iron Age Sparta is then considered and her history is traced from the eighth to the fourth century B.C. Her rise to leadership of the Peloponnese, her intervention in the affairs of other Greek states, and her establishment of the Spartan Alliance take the story down to the end of the sixth century. The fifth century is overshadowed by Spartan participation in the Persian War, the deterioration of Spartan relations with Athens and the great war against Athens. In the early part of the fourth century Sparta gains, and later loses, supremacy in the Greek world. Background to the political events is given in chapters on life in the Spartan state, art, music and poetry, and there is an account of the growth and influence of the Spartan legend. -- Dust jacket.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781609614744

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The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes Pdf

The Road to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as told--and experienced--by ultramarathoner and New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes. In 490 BCE, Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon. In doing so, he saved the development of Western civilization and inspired the birth of the marathon as we know it. Even now, some 2,500 years later, that run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in the history of mankind. Karnazes personally honors Pheidippides and his own Greek heritage by recreating this ancient journey in modern times. Karnazes even abstains from contemporary endurance nutrition like sports drinks and energy gels and only eats what was available in 490 BCE, such as figs, olives, and cured meats. Through vivid details and internal dialogs, The Road to Sparta offers a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of an extreme athlete during his most difficult and personal challenge to date. This story is sure to captivate and inspire--whether you run great distances or not at all.

Author : Andrew J. Bayliss
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198853084

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The Spartans by Andrew J. Bayliss Pdf

The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing shiny bronze shields emblazoned with the Greek letter lambda. 'This is Sparta!', bellows Leonidas on the silver screen, as he decides to lead his 300 warriors to their deaths at Thermopylae. But what was Sparta? The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a unique society, considered an enigma. The Spartans who fought for freedom against the Persians called themselves 'equals' or peers, but their equality was reliant on the ruthless exploitation of the indigenous population known as helots. The Spartans' often bizarre rules and practices have the capacity to horrify as much they do to fascinate us today. Athenian writers were intrigued and appalled in equal measure by a society where weak or disabled babies were said to have been examined carefully by state officials before being dumped off the edge of a cliff. Even today their lurid stories have shaped our image of Sparta; a society in which cowards were forced to shave off half their beards, to dress differently from their peers, and who were ultimately shunned to the extent that suicide seemed preferable. Equally appalling to us today is the brutal krypteia, a Spartan rite of passage where teenagers were sent into the countryside armed with a knife and ordered to eliminate the biggest and most dangerous helots. But the truth behind these stories of the exotic other can be hard to discover, lost amongst the legend of Sparta which was even perpetuated by later Spartans, who ran a thriving tourist industry that exaggerated the famed brutality of their ancestors. As Andrew Bayliss explores in this book, there was also much to admire in ancient Sparta, such as the Spartans' state-run education system which catered even to girls, or the fact that Sparta was almost unparalleled in the pre-modern world in allowing women a clear voice, with no fewer than forty sayings by Spartan women preserved in our sources. This book reveals the best and the worst of the Spartans, separating myth from reality.

Author : Whitby Michael Whitby
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 9781474473569

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Sparta by Whitby Michael Whitby Pdf

This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. During this period Sparta evolved a unique social and political system that combined egalitarian structures, military ideals and brutal oppression, and permitted male citizens to focus on the practice of war. The system fascinated scholars at the time and has done so ever since: its outlines are clear, but because of the nature of the evidence almost all detailed aspects of Spartan social practices and constitutional affairs are open to debate. Michael Whitby introduces and presents some of the most outstanding contributions to the history of Sparta. Together they cover the key aspects of Spartan history and society: its problematic early history, social and economic organisation (especially the different categories of citizens and non-citizens), international relations and military achievements, religious practices and culture, the role of women, and sexual conduct and values. He has chosen them partly for their clarity and importance, and partly too for the questions they raise about the problems of studying Sparta - what evidence to consider, what precautions need to be observed in considering it, and what sorts of conclusions it is reasonable to draw. His intention is not to pretend that definitive answers can be offered to the main problems of Sparta but to encourage readers to formulate their own approaches and judgements with due respect for the limitations of the evidence and awareness of the benefits of informed speculation.

Author : Vic Kovacs
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499422603

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The Culture of Sparta by Vic Kovacs Pdf

Ancient Sparta is a city-state known for its military conquests and successes. This text introduces readers to the culture of Sparta, which helped turn the ancient civilization into a mighty war machine. Readers learn about life in Sparta, including the importance of slaves and warriors and the roles of men and women. Written to support social studies curricula, this title also covers this civilization’s art, education, religion, and wars. Readers will be fascinated by the rise and fall of this city-state, which they’ll visualize through engaging images and illustrations.